Echo transthoracic at RESEARCH MEDICAL CENTER
2316 E Meyer Blvd, Kansas City, MO · Hcamidwest · · NPI 1134187842
$3,621.33
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$3,621.33
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$178.71 with United vs $3,621.33 with Optum Health — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| United | KSMGMCD | $178.71 | ↓ -95% |
| HealthyBlue | MGMCD | $182.28 | ↓ -95% |
| Sunflower State Health Plan | MCD | $184.07 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna Better Health | MCD | $185.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Amerigroup | MGMCD | $185.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Unicare | MGMCD | $185.86 | ↓ -95% |
| Home State Health Plan | MCD | $216.24 | ↓ -94% |
| United | MOMGMCD | $259.13 | ↓ -93% |
| Anthem MissouriCare | MissouriCareMGMCD | $470.77 | ↓ -87% |
| BCBS | Preferred-CareBlue(PPO) | $681.46 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | BlueAccess | $681.46 | ↓ -81% |
| BCBS | Blue-Care(HMO) | $681.46 | ↓ -81% |
| Oscar | HIX | $688.05 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCR | $688.05 | ↓ -81% |
| NHC Advantage | MGMCD | $688.05 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | ASO | $764.10 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | HMO | $764.10 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | EPO | $764.10 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna Coventry | FamilyHealthPlanMCD | $796.69 | ↓ -78% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetworkSelect | $869.12 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | SureFit/LocalPlus | $898.09 | ↓ -75% |
| United | OptionsPPO | $908.95 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | POS | $959.65 | ↓ -74% |
| Humana | PPO | $959.65 | ↓ -74% |
| Cigna | LocalKC | $1,069.02 | ↓ -70% |
| Universal Healthcare | MCR | $1,267.47 | ↓ -65% |
| Cigna | Comm | $1,336.27 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Traditional | $1,339.89 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | Participating | $1,339.89 | ↓ -63% |
| BCBS | PC | $1,412.32 | ↓ -61% |
| BCBS | FreedomNetwork | $1,412.32 | ↓ -61% |
| Coventry | WCOMP | $1,455.77 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | FHMedicalRental | $1,455.77 | ↓ -60% |
| Coventry KC MO | WCOMP | $1,484.75 | ↓ -59% |
| College Park Family Care Center | COMM | $1,557.17 | ↓ -57% |
| United | GlobalBenefitPlan | $1,629.60 | ↓ -55% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MCD | $1,738.24 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna LifeSource | COMM | $1,810.66 | ↓ -50% |
| Emerging Therapy Solutions | MGMCR | $1,810.66 | ↓ -50% |
| OHA Network | MissouriWCOMP | $1,810.66 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | PrimaryNetwork | $1,919.30 | ↓ -47% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | COMM | $2,172.80 | ↓ -40% |
| CorVel Corporation | MOWC | $2,353.86 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCD | $2,353.86 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | PPO | $2,353.86 | ↓ -35% |
| Humana National Transplant Network | MCRHMO | $2,353.86 | ↓ -35% |
| Multiplan | ComplimentaryNetwork | $2,679.78 | ↓ -26% |
| FOCUS Healthcare Mgmt, Inc | WORKERSCOMP | $2,716.00 | ↓ -25% |
| TriWest Health Alliance | TRICARE | $2,716.00 | ↓ -25% |
| CCO, Inc. | COMM | $2,897.06 | ↓ -20% |
| CCO, Inc. | WORKERSCOMPPPO | $2,897.06 | ↓ -20% |
| Multiplan | WCOMPMissouri | $2,897.06 | ↓ -20% |
| Evernorth Behavioral Health | COMMBH | $2,897.06 | ↓ -20% |
| Optum Health | COMM | $3,222.98 | ↓ -11% |
| Optum Transplant | COMM | $3,331.62 | ↓ -8% |
| Optum Health | MCD | $3,621.33 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | Local | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | IVLHIX | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | KCCarePlus | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | NATIONALNAP | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | National | not published by hospital | — |
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Echo transthoracic at other Missouri hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| RESEARCH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER | Kansas City | not published | $182.28 – $681.46 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis | Lake Saint Louis | $2,443.65 | $175.30 – $656.76 |
| SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis | Bridgeton | $2,443.65 | $175.30 – $656.76 |
| SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital | Saint Louis | $829.40 | $201.28 – $656.76 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital- Wentzville | Wentzville | $2,443.65 | $175.30 – $175.30 |
| SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - St. Charles | Saint Charles | $2,443.65 | $175.30 – $656.76 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis | Richmond Heights | $2,443.65 | $175.30 – $656.76 |
| SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City | Jefferson City | $1,007.44 | $218.87 – $985.13 |